For me, it’s nice to have options- although Edge still has some improvements to make in the privacy stakes. I use Edge myself, in addition to Safari and Firefox. This makes it a valid alternative in its own right. However, it does include features that are very similar to Chrome while quite frankly, not being Chrome. In reality, Microsoft’s Edge is pretty secure but it’s not as private as Firefox.
Edge’s reach also extends to the enterprise, when Firefox is mainly a consumer focused browser. Unlike Mozilla owner Firefox, Microsoft has a wide audience it can potentially push the browser to, through its Windows operating system. In addition, Microsoft’s move to push Edge to Windows has annoyed some users.īut being based on open source Chromium means Edge also has some pretty cool features also available in Chrome, such as the ability to block those annoying pop ups you can see when you browse the web.Īutomatic profile switching is great during the work from home era, because it helps you to navigate between work and leisure without having to actively do anything. It recently came top in security tests by NSS Labs, but a few months ago research found Microsoft’s Edge browser to be the least private, due to it sending device identifiers and web browsing pages to back-end servers. So, what are people seeing in Edge that Firefox doesn’t have? Edge is certainly trying to focus on security and privacy, with features aimed at users that care about these two factors. As far as versions are concerned, Google Chrome 28 is the clear leader with 28.03 percent, while Internet Explorer 10 comes next with 11.34 percent.
In the past, the obvious go-to has been Firefox, which is owned by a non-profit (Mozilla) and offers a genuine focus on helping users be more private and secure as they browse the web. Firefox is only third with 19.25 percent.
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